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Something you ought to know / by Lemony Snicket -- The chicken or the egg / by Jerry Spinelli -- In hiding / by Kenneth Oppel -- The old man in the picture / by Richard Sala -- The babysitter / by Erin Hunter -- Grand entrance / by James Patterson -- Halloween mask / by Sonya Sones -- Tenton / by Tom Genrich & Mich?ele Perry -- Nanny / by Angela Johnson -- The legend of Alexandra & Rose / by Jon Klassen -- What's coming / by Arthur Slade -- An easy gig / by M.T. Anderson -- Mr. Black / by Yvonne Prinz -- The foot dragger / by M.E. Kerr -- Trick / by Adam Rex -- Hank / by Dean Lorey -- One of a kind / by Sarah Weeks -- A walk too far / by Gloria Whelan -- A very short story / by Holly Black -- Deep six / by Faye Kellerman -- The turn of the screw / by Henry James, a novel as told by Lisa Brown in fewer than 30 seconds -- The attack of the flying mustaches / Pseudonymous Bosch -- Takowanda / by Nadia Aguiar -- Heart stopper / by Sienna Mercer -- Up to my elbow / by Jack Gantos -- Four gleams in the moonlight / by Stephen Marche -- The goblin book / by Brad Meltzer -- Worms / by Lane Smith -- The dare / by Carol Gorman -- The ballad of John Grepsy / by David Rich -- Soup / by Jenny Nimmo -- The creeping hand / by Margaret Atwood -- Wet sand, little teeth / by Mariko Tamaki -- A thousand faces / by Brian Selznick -- Chocolate cake / by Francine Prose -- At the water's edge / by Ayelet Waldman -- My worst nightmare / by R.L. Stine -- The beast outside / by Adele Griffin -- Unannounced / by Aliza Kellerman -- Kr?uger's Sausage Haus / by Mark Crilley -- There's something under the bed / by Allan Stratton -- Cat's paw / by Sarah L. Thomson -- Horrorku / by Katherine Applegate -- The itch / by Avi -- The new me : a pantoum / by Gail Carson Levine -- Always eleven / by David Stahler Jr. -- Aloft / by Carson Ellis -- Skittering / by Tui T. Sutherland -- Stuck in the middle / by Abi Slone -- All fingers and thumbs! / by Joseph Delaney -- Don't wet the bed / by Alan Gratz -- The final word / illustrated by Brett Helquist ; story by Josh Greenhut -- The shadow / by Neil Gaiman -- A day at the lake / by Lesley Livingston -- Whispered / by Jon Scieszka -- A disturbing limerick / found & envisioned by Vladimir Radunsky -- Through the veil / by Alison McGhee -- The rash / by Daniel Ehrenhaft -- Where nightmares walk / by Melissa Marr -- On a Tuesday during that time of year / by Chris Raschka -- Death rides a pink bicycle / by Stacey Godenir -- I'm not afraid / by Dan Gutman -- The doll / by Alice Kuipers -- Easy over / by Frank Viva -- Them / by Libba Bray -- Tiger Kitty / by Joyce Carol Oates -- Inventory / by Jonathan Lethem -- Shortcut / by Michael Connelly -- Strawberry bubbles / by Lauren Myracle -- We think you do / by Barry Yourgrau -- The prisoner of Eternia / by Aaron Renier -- In conclusion / by Gregory Maguire.

"Ages 10 up"--Page 4 of cover.

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